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I’m excited to announce my latest artwork “One Day” has been chosen for the Innovations 2024 Exhibition in Grand Haven, Michigan.
 
Show opens September 7 - October 31, 2024
Central Park Place, 421 Columbus Ave., Grand Haven MI.
 
What made this piece experimental for your art practice?
War...
My roots are Ukrainian and the war in Ukraine has dominated my thoughts for over two years. Now there is the threat of new wars about to break out in other places around the globe. In this fabric collage I wanted to express some of the emotional darkness of war and also my hope that "One Day" we will find peace. 
I'm a mixed media artist who has worked with handmade papers, fabrics, metals and acrylic paints on canvas for almost 20 years. In this piece my experimental challenge was to create a work without a canvas substrate using only recycled fabrics. In order to add a third dimension to the piece and add the sensation of flight to peace and freedom, I used copper wire to form some of the fabric pieces into bird-like shapes. I also formed the same copper wire into the shape of barbwire as an expression of pain and confinement.

www.iseaartexhibit.org